Cap loc doesn´t work or light up and when I use shift for cap, it sounds like a typewriter typing

I have a 2011 model and am running Lion. My cap lock does not work or light. When I use he shift to cap a letter, it makes a sound like a typewriter, wierd. Also when I depress the shift, the symbols on top of the numbers are not as designated. In order the get the @ sign, I have to depress the option key for it to appear. The other symbols do not appear correct when I am typing when I depress the shift. I have to hunt for what key will give me the correct symbol Very Aggraviating. I hope I have made myself clear. I am 70 and not to literate on comps and then an APPLE. That was my dream and I got but now am having this problem..... Could anyone please help me. If you need more info, please let me know as I don´t always make myself clear, so says my husband.

Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys. It should look like this:
If not, press :Restore Defaults".
With regards to the sound of typewriter, if it's not an actual mechanical sound, by which I mean it's a computer generated sound, you might have installed some application like Typewriter Sound:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/12077/typewriter-keyboard
Is that the case? Removing it should solve the problem.

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